Jane Logemann

Jane Logemann

Artist Statement:

I have always been receptive to symmetrical patterns and color in nature. My sensitivity to intricate, micro linear symmetries in nature has been the basis of my work. The use of letters from different languages is then a logical evolution from my early micro linear work in abstract painting and drawings. Because letters are linear and represent sound-making elementsin language, I wanted to present this in a visual, concrete way – like concrete poetry. By borrowing a letter or word from another language orwriting system such as Japanese, Hebrew, French, Russian, Arabic, or Korean, I want to suggest the power and universal mystery that surrounds language. The connections between my abstract line paintings and my work in different languages reside in their systems and the intuitive manner in which they are executed. The materials and the results are different, but they share a core than is essential for me, i.e. repetition and the poetry of abstraction.
Jane Logemann, 2025

Artist Biography:

Long committed to abstract painting, over the last three decades Logemann has developed several series of work always attentive to the basic elements of visual abstraction. She focuses on the intuitive and sometimes symbolic placement of lines and marks for balance, simplicity and color. Ranging from grand confetti of color to delicately calligraphic inscribed works on an intimate scale, Logemann’s visual grammar finds its aesthetic fascination in a proliferation of abstract forms and the reiteration of words and letters in diverse languages. The connections between the abstract paintings and Logemann’s language work in Hebrew, French, Arabic, Russian, Korean and Japanese reside in their systems and the intuitive manner in which they are executed.

At her first group show in l968, Logemann exhibited work at the Kornblee Gallery, and then in l971 at a show curated by Richard Bellamy at the LoGiudice Gallery. She has continued to show work in over 40 group shows to date. Her work has been the subject of many solo exhibitions, including Abstraction & Language: A Dialogue at La Maison Françoise, The French Embassy, Washington D.C.

Born in l942 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Logemann attended the Layton School of Art and received her BA from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. She moved to NYC in the late 1960’s and continues to live and work there. Her work can be found in public and private collections which include: The Jewish Museum, NYC; The Morgan Library and Museum, NYC; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT; Stanford University Art Museum, Stanford, CA; The James A. Michener Collection, University of Texas, Austin, TX.

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Member Since: 1986